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Communication and Collaboration
Ways of working with your fellow researchers, both locally and at a distance, such as video conferencing or sharing electronic documents.
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Collaborative interaction
Audio interaction (asynchronous) : Sharing ideas and working collaboratively by listening to and editing recorded messages / music etc. that have been placed in a mutual workspace for download at the collaborators' convenience.
Audio-visual interaction (synchronous) : Real-time communication using video-conferencing and/or audio communication over a computer network, perhaps using a tool such as Voice Over IP.
Graphical interaction (asynchronous) : Sharing concepts / ideas by editing still images, plans, diagrams etc in shared, online workspaces that allow collaborators to view and adapt the work in there own time.
Graphical interaction (synchronous) : Working upon a shared image / plan / diagram collaboratively in real time using a shared image manipulation application.
Textual interaction (asynchronous) : Communication using text that occurs in one-direction only- for example using an online bulletin board or document store.
Textual interaction (synchronous) : Two-way textual communication in real time- for example using Internet chat software.
Video-based interaction (asynchronous) : Non-real-time communication and collaboration involving the viewing and editing of digital video uploaded to a collaborative workspace (perhaps in MPEG format).
Resource sharing
Resource sharing : Provision of audio, textual, video and graphical data on a peer-to-peer network, wiki, Virtual Research Environment, or similar means for collaboration or publication.
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